{"id":189,"date":"2016-03-14T07:47:27","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T14:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drduru.com\/kimfieldsfan\/?page_id=189"},"modified":"2019-04-03T21:27:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T04:27:00","slug":"theater","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/drduru.com\/kimfieldsfan\/theater\/","title":{"rendered":"Theater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><H3>Theater<\/H3><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">\n       <b>Vanities (1994): writer and director. A Revival.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">\n       <b>One Monkey Don&#8217;t Stop No Show (?)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">\n       <b>Fight The Good Fight (1985?) &#8211; Kim won the 1985 NAACP Image Award for Best Actress for her performance<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">\n       <b>Home Run (?): Starring role. Produced and directed by Lanei Chapman.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">\n       <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apollochicago.com\">The Vagina Monologues<\/a> (June 26-July 15, 2001): part of 3-member cast. Showing at The Apollo Theatre in <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:City w:st=\"on\">Chicago<\/st1:City>, <st1:State w:st=\"on\">IL<\/st1:State><\/st1:place>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">\n       <b>&nbsp; I&#8217;ll Always Love My Mama (May 3-12, 2002): Music Center Hall in <st1:City w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">\n       <b>Pandora&#8217;s Trunk (March 1-30, 2003): Los Angeles Theater Center; Winston-Salem, NC (August 2, 2005)<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/Kim\/Kim_Pandora.htm\"><b>. <span style='color: red'>Click HERE for my review and memorabilia from attending the play!<\/span><\/b><\/a> You can also see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drduru.com\/Kim\/DuruMeetsKim.htm\">pictures from my meeting with Kim after the play<\/a> &#8211; my first time meeting her in person!<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">\n       <b>Barefoot in the Park (Aug 4-9, 2003): Executive producer and co-star at <a       href=\"http:\/\/www.nbtf.org\">The National Black Theater Festival<\/a>. Kim also toured this play nationally, including at The Black Academy of Arts &amp; Letters, Inc. (Sept, 2002).<\/b> Ryan Cameron from the HipHop Report claimed that Kim broke character during one showing and criticized her for it. &nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">\n       <b>Cover Girls (Jan 6 &#8211; Jan 26, 2004 &#8211; postponed indefinitely): Co-star<\/b>. <\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">\n       <b>Issues: We All Got &#8216;Em<\/b> (February to April, 2006, February, 2007): Co-star as Joy, single mother of three boys.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">\n\t<b><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.library.unt.edu\/explore\/collections\/BLACKA\/browse\/?fq=str_title_serial:Black%20Don%27t%20Crack%20But%20My%20Soul%20Does%20Ache,%20Starring%20Kim%20Fields\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black Don&#8217;t Crack, But My Soul Does Ache<\/a><\/b> (Feb 14-15, 2009, Clarence Muse Caf\u00e9 Theatre, Dallas (Texas) Convention Center theater complex): &#8220;Kim Fields takes the stage in her original one woman show about life, love and social issues of women. She portrays a montage of characters ranging from young to older women who are single, married, uneducated and executives. The women\u2019s lives she depicts are funny, dramatic and insightful. Field\u2019s rendition of them is riveting and refreshing. Hosted by Southwest Suburban Dallas Chapter of Jack and Jill.&#8221; Photos at The Portal to Texas History: <a href=\"https:\/\/texashistory.unt.edu\/ark:\/67531\/metadc972218\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/texashistory.unt.edu\/ark:\/67531\/metadc972197\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">Kim performed an evening &#8220;montage&#8221; at the Clarence Muse Cafe Theatre in Dallas, TX on November 4th and 5th, 2016 at 8:15pm &#8211; a dress performance theatre series with the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL).<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_500\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-500\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/kimfieldsfan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/161029_TBAAL_ClarenceMuseCafeTheatreFlyer-1024x731.png\" alt=\"Kim Fields performed at the Dallas Clarence Muse Cafe Theatre\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" class=\"size-large wp-image-500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/kimfieldsfan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/161029_TBAAL_ClarenceMuseCafeTheatreFlyer-1024x731.png 1024w, http:\/\/drduru.com\/kimfieldsfan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/161029_TBAAL_ClarenceMuseCafeTheatreFlyer-300x214.png 300w, http:\/\/drduru.com\/kimfieldsfan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/161029_TBAAL_ClarenceMuseCafeTheatreFlyer-768x548.png 768w, http:\/\/drduru.com\/kimfieldsfan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/161029_TBAAL_ClarenceMuseCafeTheatreFlyer.png 1187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kim Fields performed at the Dallas Clarence Muse Cafe Theatre<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<\/center>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theater Vanities (1994): writer and director. 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Fight The Good Fight (1985?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-189","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/drduru.com\/kimfieldsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/drduru.com\/kimfieldsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/drduru.com\/kimfieldsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drduru.com\/kimfieldsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drduru.com\/kimfieldsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/drduru.com\/kimfieldsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":978,"href":"http:\/\/drduru.com\/kimfieldsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189\/revisions\/978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/drduru.com\/kimfieldsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}